A family says three police officers tackled and pinned a high school student to the floor for using her cell phone.
Source: www.cnn.com
What do you think? Should students be allowed to have smart phones in school?
excessive force
LA Times: Border Patrol sued in fatal shooting of man in Mexico
Guillermo Arevalo Pedraza (2nd L) poses with his wife and daughters in an undated photo released by his family in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. REUTERS/Family of Guillermo Arevalo Pedraza/Handout via Reuters
The family of a Mexican man who was shot and killed by U.S. Border Patrol agents two years ago has filed a civil rights lawsuit alleging that the agency sanctioned an unbridled use of deadly force in response to rock throwing.
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Cops Filmed Beating Man During Arrest At Walmart
Deputies in South Carolina are being probed after a suspect was beaten during an arrest caught on video Saturday.
Witnesses filmed two Greenville County Sheriff’s Office deputies as they appeared to punch a man more than 10 times during the arrest, which occurred at Walmart.
According to WSPA, deputies responded to a call about a man acting erratically at Walmart. They said he appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Although they struck the man twice with a stun gun, cops said the shock failed to incapacitate him
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Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Ferguson Police Officer Justin Cosma Hog-Tied And Injured A Young Child, Lawsuit Alleges
WASHINGTON — A Ferguson police officer who helped detain a journalist in a McDonald’s earlier this month is in the midst of a civil rights lawsuit because he allegedly hog-tied a 12-year-old boy who was checking the mail at the end of his driveway.
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Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Mom, kids pulled from car at gunpoint – CNN Video
Dashcam video shows the terrifying scene as a Texas mom and four kids are pulled over by police at gunpoint. WFAA reports.
Source: www.cnn.com
NOT AGAIN: NYPD Places Pregnant Woman In Chokehold [VIDEO]
Less than a week ago Eric Garner was laid to rest after dying from being placed in an illegal chokehold by Staten Island police, and now it looks as if the NYPD has once again, broken the rules.
Their reasoning? Allegedly grilling illegally outside.
Captured on a cell phone video, 27-year-old Rosan Miller is noticeably pregnant, but that doesn’t stop the NYPD from placing the woman in what looks like a chokehold.
Source: blackamericaweb.com
Choke holds are deadly, and should be illegal.
An excessive force epidemic? – CNN Video
Susan Candiotti reports on what many perceive to be an alarming increase in the use of excessive force amongst police
Source: www.cnn.com
Have police always been like this, but now we are learning due to cell phone videos?
Eric Garner
Eric Garner (1971?-2014), an American street vendor, beloved husband and 43-year-old father of six, became yet another unarmed Black man killed by the New York City police (NYPD) on July 17th 2014. His crime: selling untaxed cigarettes.
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The police have taken officers Pantaleo and Justin Damico off the street. They took Pantaleo’s badge and gun. No charges, no arrests.
The hospital takes it a bit more seriously: the four ambulance workers are suspended without pay.
Mayor de Blasio finds the Garner case “very troubling” and promises a “thorough investigation”.
The coroner has yet to report the official cause of death.
There have been at least two protests so far.
Today is his funeral.
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Source: abagond.wordpress.com
Trigger Warning – Unseen Video Of Eric Garner Death – Over 7 minutes handcuffed not breathing NYPD chokehold AFTERMATH
Eric Garner laying on ground not breathing for over 5 minutes, no resuscitation, he is placed on stretcher and taken into ambulance.
AT 6:56 The Officer Who Put Him In A Chokehold Waves At The Camera
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Choke Holds Are Intended To Kill – Eric Garner; Ethan Saylor
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Dr. Martin Luther King. I’m reading the news about Eric Garner and it causes me to ask questions while getting that sick feeling in my stomach…
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